Light Art

This project was definitely one of my favorites. It was cool to have to think ahead and plan out what we would have to do and then being forced to work with the time constraint on the camera. It was also cool to see all of the different effects we could create with different tools and the different tactics we had to use to solve the problem of our photos being unclear or blurry. The biggest problem was getting the face mask to show up and not be just a blob of light.

Landscape

If you were in my painting you would smell the crisp pine trees and the clean air at the higher altitude of the mountains. You would feel the cool air blowing and see the snow at the peaks and the shadow on the dark side of the mountains. You would hear the woodland creatures in the trees and the brush and grass low to the ground.

My use of the color blue in the majority of the painting heightens the sense of a cooler temperature while the green pine trees make the smell of the pine needles on the ground and on the trees. The snow caps on top of the mountains also improve upon the illusion of the temperature.

Adobe Illustrator

These are my flowers and what I like to call sunbursts that I made in Adobe Illustrator. I had the most fun changing the colors of my flowers and sunburst.

Clay

 For the clay project we started in the ipad lab to brainstorm without needing to waste clay. This is one of the best items that I created in the ipad lab and was my original inspiration for my final clay project.

We then went back to the trailer to create clay rattles. I decided on the design of a rhinunicorn (rhinoceros/unicorn) for my inspiration. When I was finished with the overall shape and began working on the texture I decided to take one of the ears off and put a sort of burn mark on the right top side of the rhinunicorn's head and put 3 holes in the wound.

Zentangles

 Zentangles are when you simply create random designs based on lines, curves, and shapes. It is easiest with multiple people to build your shapes off of so that the zentangle can grow a lot quicker and cover a larger area.

 It is also helpful to have multiple people because a lot of the time their ideas are different than what you might have done so it creates more variety.

The hardest part of this project was creating different designs. As we got to the later days of the project a lot of our zentangles started to look the same and we had trouble creating a bigger variation to them.

Forced Perspective

The forced perspective project was all about.....perspective. It was most fun finding different ways that we could use perspective to get pictures that no one else might think of. Creativity was very important and there were so many options to use. They key to forced perspective was understanding the use of foreground and background. The hardest part of many of the pictures was getting the two objects to line up perfectly to make it believeable.

Angry Pancake

Midterm

This was my most successful project because this was the first time that I successfully drew what I saw rather than using stored symbols. This was an important step because it improved my artwork in other projects later on in the quarter. I think this was so successful because I was so close to what I was drawing which made it easier for me to see.

I learned the most from this project because this is where I learned that art does not have to be so obvious. This project was also very interesting to me because I expected it to be much harder but in fact working in groups made ideas come much quicker and the splitting up of work was also very efficient.

Print

I feel like this peice was actually fairly successful maily the color combination. My favorite part of this print was the yellow stripes left on the unicorns body and how the holes left in the mane make it look more realistic. What worked very well on this project was the background pattern and teh overall body shape of the unicorn. What didn't work as well was when certain parts of the linocut weren't covered with ink which left certain spots more blank than others. This worked better on the second color of the print because it added texture and let more of the yellow come through from the background.

Stencil

I enjoyed this project very much and also learned a lot. I realized that I should have created a lot more shapes for my stencil to actually look realistic. Had I taken my time I would have seen more shapes which would have made my stencil look better. I also should have been more careful while spraypainting because the paint went over the edges of my stencil creating the orange next to my portrait.

Pencil Self Portrait

When working on this project I learned about the importance of making the various features of a face proportionate and balanced. The only way to make a face look realistic is if the features are as symetrical as possible and are proportionate to the other features on the face. I had a lot of trouble with making the mouth proportionate and also keeping it balanced between the nose and the chin. I also had trouble with the shaping of my head and making it seem realistic. A few important things I learned from this are that your eyes go directly in the middle of your head, your nose goes directly in the middle of your eyes and chin and your mouth goes between your chin and nose.

Cutout

Junk Shadow Art

I think this piece is very successful because the image of a bridge is very clear and easy to understand. Creating the water was the toughest part about this project becaue it had to line up perfectly so it wouldn't cover the entire bridge and would apear to be at a realistic level. We unfortunately couldn't get the sun to work properly and had to cut it out of the project entirely because we couldn't find a way to make sure it stayed facing the projector straight on to ensure that the sun was in a perfectly circular shape. If I was going to do this project again I would make sure to find another matching piece for the other side of the bridge so it would look more realistic.

Value Scale

I think this project went very well because in my humble opinion this drawing looks fairly realistic. One of my favorite parts about this is the way the shadows on the windows with the glare in the middle go from such a dark shade to a much lighter one so quickly. If I was to do this project again I would trace more shapes in the beginning of the project so I could have more contrasting parts. It would also make drawing the entire car much easier which would have made the project better. The most difficult part of this project was making sure the shading transitioned smoothly between shades because I had trouble shading different parts with different intensities. From this piece I learned that shading can make artwork look much more realistic even if color isn't involved.

Little Michael

Airplane Shadow

Rhino Photoshop

This is my rhino in a city street made using photoshop and deleting the background, then moving it into a new background of my choosing.

Turtle and Wildlife Drawings

I think that this piece of work turned out fairly well because I drew more of what I saw rather than using stored symbols. Using this technique allowed me to draw more with the perspective of the object I was drawing (i.e. the turtle). Some things that didnt work was the shading on the seashell because I was trying to show the dimension that it held but ended up only making the shell look more two dimensional. If I was going to redraw this project I would focus more on the back half of the shell to show more dimension but other than that there is not much I would change because I am quite happy with the way these drawings turned out.

Newimal Bones

Here is my drawing of the skeletal structure of a Tippo (turtle/hippo) which shows the bones that make it. I made the spine extra long as it had to fit within the shell of the Tippo. I also made the bones small to show that the shell makes the Tippo seem much bigger than it truly is while also providing protection. All primary bones are in this drawing such as ribs, legs, and the skull/jaw making this creature realistic looking. The Tippo also has a tail that is rarely seen as it is so short that it almos never goes outside of the shell but provides stability and allows the Tippo to flip itself back over if it is stuck on its back.